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MIAMI Florida's largest school district is severing ties with an online platform many blame for failures as the county tries to get kids back to school. Following a 13-hour meeting, the Miami-Dade County School Board unanimously voted early Thursday to stop using My School Online. Some 400 teachers and parents submitted comments, most of them negative, about the online platform. Miami-Dade County Public Schools is the fourth largest school district in the United States, comprised of 392 schools, 345,000 students and over 40,000 employees. The district chose the My School Online platform through K12 because it wanted a one-stop shop for all students and teachers.

We will not rest until every one of them is caught and brought to justice, schools police chief Edwin Lopez said. Earlier, officials revealed that Carvalho had never signed a $15.3 million contract with the online platform at the center of the crisis. Ron Steiger, the Miami-Dade County school district's chief financial officer, made the announcement Wednesday during a school board meeting to discuss the failures of K12's online platform, My School Online, the Miami Herald reported. And the district could only measure one-time log-ins, not sustained participation, which is a feature offered by My School Online. Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has requested a briefing with the Department of Homeland Security on cybersecurity as it relates to school districts.

MIAMI Florida's largest school district is still under siege by cyberattacks that began Monday as students returned to school remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said in a tweet on Wednesday morning that multiple attempts to disrupt online education have been made Wednesday morning, following two previous days of cyberattacks. Miami-Dades public school system is the nations fourth largest, with 345,000 students, 392 schools and more than 40,000 employees. They subpoenaed the school districts internet provider. Carvalho said they dont yet know whos responsible but he wants them prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

MIAMI – Police in South Florida are investigating the accidental shootings of two teenage girls in separate incidents within the past week. A 17-year-old girl was fatally shot by a friend in an apartment in Miami-Dade County on Monday night, according to a police report. Police officials from Miami and Miami-Dade County and school superintendent Alberto Carvalho plan to address the shootings during a news conference on Thursday, the Miami Herald reported. If you have a weapon in your house, secure it," Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina told the Miami Herald. In the earlier case, police said a 17-year-old told officers he was playing with a gun when he put his finger on the trigger, accidentally fired and killed Arya Gray.